LR wall construction

Fishward · #1 06-22-2009, 10:32 PM

Any tips for cutting rock in half? handsaw? bandsaw? hacksaw? axe? :-)

aquatic_rice · #2 06-22-2009, 10:47 PM

you should be able to cut it with a hacksaw pretty easy. if not you can use a chisel/screwdriver and a hammer (will get pretty messy, do it in a bucket/styrofoam box; and you wont get a clean cut, but it would look more natural)

Borderjumper · #3 06-22-2009, 10:50 PM

I made one side and the back wall for my cube out of eggcrate and white cement. It looks really good and natural, but it takes months to cure. This one I cured for 6 weeks in fresh water to get the PH down ( started at 14!) and then it took another 6 weeks for the algae to go away.. I guess from the silica.

golf nut · #4 06-22-2009, 10:51 PM

Hacksaw or band saw work fine. If all else fails any competent rock cutter will give you perfectly flat halves.

fishytime · #5 06-23-2009, 01:04 AM

Check out "Crabs" cube journal http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...t=45915&page=4 . Doing it the way he did it, will pretty much mean sacrificing some LR.

michika · #6 06-23-2009, 02:07 PM

Lol, I was thinking specifically of those two builds! I like when people can read my mind!

Any ideas on what you want for an aquascape?

my2rotties · #7 06-23-2009, 02:59 PM

We used old dried out live rock to make the rock wall on our tank. We do tile for a living and hubby cut it up on the tile saw. We then used silicone to glue to rock to back wall.

I have pictures of the build at this link. Of course the assembly and build are on the back pages on this blog spot.

http://dianafranks260greef.blogspot.com/

Now that the tank is almost eight months old, it looks very natural.

Snappy · #8 06-23-2009, 03:07 PM

You can also drill the rocks and strap them together with plastic zip ties. Less time consuming than working with pvc, etc. That is what I did with my display tank.